Parent of student arrested for having knife at school

Friday

Jan 25, 2013 at 12:01 AM

SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras County Sheriff's Department reported that a 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of bringing a weapon onto school grounds after he repeatedly showed up at West Point Elementary School wearing a 14-inch sheath knife.

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SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras County Sheriff's Department reported that a 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of bringing a weapon onto school grounds after he repeatedly showed up at West Point Elementary School wearing a 14-inch sheath knife.

The Sheriff's Department said that deputies were called to the school just before noon last Friday to investigate a report of a verbal dispute. School officials said that John Cargile, a parent of a pupil there, was upset over not being able to have a knife at the school.

A teacher said that two days earlier, Cargile had arrived at the school about 2 p.m. with what appeared to be a 14-inch sheath knife on his leg. School officials said they attempted to explain that such weapons were not allowed at the school.

When Cargile arrived at the school a second time with the knife last Friday, he reportedly took the knife to his vehicle when asked but also launched into another verbal dispute and yelled at school officials before leaving.

When sheriff's deputies contacted Cargile at his home later, he told them he'd forgotten that he was wearing the knife the second time that he took it to the school. Deputies arrested Cargile. His wife, Brandi Margritz-Cargile, also was arrested on misdemeanor warrants.